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Lesson 5

Our research team will prepare for our pathway presentation. We will reflect on and evaluate the progress of our research.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I work productively in various roles with my fellow pathway members to establish and meet goals for our group?

  • Can I take necessary action to prepare for the Culminating Task?

  • Can I gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the strengths and limitations of each source, integrate information into my text to develop my ideas, and expand or refine my original response?

  • Can I draw evidence from texts to support my thesis statement and supporting points?

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Activity 1: Read

We will set goals and create a plan for the lesson so we are successful on our pathway presentation.

Review your group’s norms, and respond to the following questions:

  1. What do we as a group and I, specifically, need to do to succeed on the Culminating Task (e.g., gather more sources; analyze sources; develop claims; determine our task, purpose, and audience; draft our presentation; revise our presentation; edit our presentation; lead a conference with our teacher)?

  2. How am I, specifically, going to contribute to my group during this lesson?

  3. How will we know we have met our goals at the end of this lesson?

Find the task in your Foundation Unit Research and Presentation Guide that corresponds with your goal for the day.

Activity 2: Discuss

We will reflect on our work to determine our progress toward the Culminating Task.

Respond to the following questions on your tracker with your group:

  1. Did we meet the goals we set at the beginning of the period?

  2. How do I know we met our goals? Provide evidence.

  3. How did we contribute to our group?

  4. How did I, specifically, contribute to our group?

  5. On a scale from one to four, how well do we understand _____ (the topic, our research, the texts we read, the presentation plan)?